The Mathematik / Mathematics master's program leads to an enrichment and specialization in mathematics and in a minor subject and particularly results in an intensification of independent scholarly work.
The program is primarily research-oriented. However, students can accentuate the applied approach through individualized selection of a major topic. The enriched course of study in a minor subject guarantees that the use of mathematical methods is also reflected in an interdisciplinary context.
Major topics
The in-depth lectures, seminars or internships are primarily in the fields of work represented by the department. These are:
For the choice of a minor subject is a large range of subjects to choose from. The most frequently chosen subjects are:
Business Administration, Biology, Geography, Computer Science, Physics, Political Economics.
Objectives
The professional fields for mathematicians are very diverse and predominantly interdisciplinary. There are excellent professional prospects as a result of continually developing fields of work in which well-founded mathematics skills are required. Very interesting extra-disciplinary tasks are also frequently performed with success, because abstract-logical capabilities for analyzing and solving a problem are also of great benefit in other areas and particularly support innovative processes.
Successful graduates of the Mathematik / Mathematics master's program are also found outside of universities and research institutions, in practically all areas of industry and the economy. Mathematicians are sought after particularly in software development, in banks and insurance companies and management consulting.
A particularly successful master's program also enables access to a doctorate – principally in mathematics.